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The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies
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history,
before
opposite
Mesopotamia
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Epic of Gilgamesh,
Egypt
Book of the Dead
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India
rita
rita
karma,
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China
lizhong
shu xiao
tao tao
tao
The Near East and Eurasia
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Greece and Rome
sport
Iliad Odyssey
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The Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans,
Aenid
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Distant Lands
other than
Ancient World, 200-500
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Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD
Bibliography and Additional ReadingThe History of the Ancient World:
From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome.
Antiquity: From the Birth of Sumeri-an Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire.
The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History.
Thinking, Recording, and Writ-ing History in the Ancient World.
Ancient Civiliza-tions.
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Symbols Pronounced As In Spelled Phonetically As
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The pharaohs of ancient Egypt ruled for over 3,000 years (about 3100–332 ). During their reign, they created a powerful empire that is con-sidered one of the greatest civilizations of the an-cient world.
The Age of the Pharaohs
Early Dynastic Period (3100–2650 )
Old Kingdom (2650–2150 )
Seated statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Painted Sandstone, 11th Dynasty. By Jon Bodsworth, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Middle Kingdom (2100–1750 BCE)
New Kingdom (1550–1069 BCE)
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The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Why Pharaohs Built Pyramids & TombsLater Period (712–332 )
The Role of the Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt
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The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
What Killed King Tutankhamen?
maat
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The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Egypt in the Age of the Pyr-amids.
Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dy-nasties of Ancient Egypt.
Supreme Council of Antiquities Museums
Treasures of the Pharaohs.
The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt’s Greatest Pharaohs.
World & I
—Barbara Lightner
Egypt in the Age of the Pyr-amids.
Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dy-nasties of Ancient Egypt.
Encyclopædia Britannica.
Encyclopædia Britannica
Rulers of Ancient Egypt
1,001 Facts about Ancient Egypt.
World & I
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The following is not a listing of the articles in this encyclopedia; for a chronological listing of the peo-ple, places, events, and signi cant writings discussed throughout this encyclopedia, see the Chronol-ogy of People, Places, and Events which follows this Time Line. Below are events and developments in the ancient world (to approximately 700 or somewhat later, depending on the region), selected by the editor as milestones in the early history of the nineteen regions covered: Africa, Anatolia, Arabia, Central Asia, China, Egypt, Europe, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Middle/Near East, North America, Oceania, Rome, South America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Please note that dates, particularly those before the common era (or ), are often approximate and may vary among sources.
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Chronology of People, Places, and Events
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